Russian Federal Penitentiary Service Director Gennady Kornienko, left, looks on Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, right, blessing a church that is under construction at the Matrosskaya Tishina prison in Moscow, Russia, November 16, 2018.

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, left, talks to female prisoners after he blessed a church that is under construction at Matrosskaya Tishina prison in Moscow, Russia, November 16, 2018.

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, right, lays a brick as he blesses a church that is under construction at the Matrosskaya Tishina prison in Moscow, Russia, November 16, 2018.

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Russian Federal Penitentiary Service Director Gennady Kornienko, left, looks on Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, right, blessing a church that is under construction at the Matrosskaya Tishina prison in Moscow, Russia, November 16, 2018.

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, centre, blesses a church that is under construction at the Matrosskaya Tishina prison in Moscow, Russia, November 16, 2018.

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Russian Federal Penitentiary Service Director Gennady Kornienko, left, listens to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, right, blessing a church that is under construction at the Matrosskaya Tishina prison in Moscow, Russia, November 16, 2018.

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill holds a cross as he blesses a church that is under construction at the Matrosskaya Tishina prison in Moscow, Russia, November 16, 2018.

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